Monday, September 12, 2016

Emmaus, The TRUTH

Luke 24:13-27

Now behold, Two of Them (Jesus Christ’s Disciples) were traveling THAT SAME DAY (Jesus Christ’s Resurrection) to a Village called Emmaus, which was Seven (7) Miles from Jerusalem.  And They (Two of Jesus Christ’s Disciples) talked together of All These Things which had happened.  So it was, while They (Two of Jesus Christ’s Disciples) conversed and REASONED, that Jesus (Jesus Christ), Himself, DREW NEAR and went WITH Them (Two of Jesus Christ’s Disciples).  BUT Their (Two of Jesus Christ’s Disciples) Eyes WERE RESTRAINED, so that They (Two of Jesus Christ’s Disciples) Did NOT KNOW Him (Jesus Christ).
           
And He (Jesus Christ) SAID to Them (Two of Jesus Christ’s Disciples), “What kind of conversation is this that YOU have with one another as YOU walk and are SAD?”  Then The One whose name was Cleopas answered and said to Him (Jesus Christ), “Are YOU (Jesus Christ) The ONLY Stranger IN Jerusalem, and have YOU (Jesus Christ) NOT KNOWN The Things which Happened There in These Days?”  And He (Jesus Christ) SAID to Them (Two of Jesus Christ’s Disciples), “What things?”

So They (Two of Jesus Christ’s Disciples) said to Him (Jesus Christ), “The Things CONCERNING Jesus (Jesus Christ) of Nazareth, Who WAS A Prophet Mighty IN DEED and WORD BEFORE GOD (GOD Almighty) and All The People, and HOW The Chief Priests and Our Rulers DELIVERED Him (Jesus Christ) to BE CONDEMNED TO Death, and CRUCIFIED Him (Jesus Christ).  BUT We (Two of Jesus Christ’s Disciples) WERE HOPING that it WAS He (Jesus Christ) Who WAS GOING TO REDEEM Israel. Indeed, besides All This, TODAY IS The THIRD DAY, since These Things (Jesus Christ’s Crucifixion and Burial) Happened.  Yes, and Certain Women (Jesus Christ’s Disciples) of Our Company (Jesus Christ’s Disciples), who arrived at The TOMB early, ASTONISHED Us (Two of Jesus Christ’s Disciples).  When They (The Certain Women) did NOT FIND His (Jesus Christ’s) Body, They (The Certain Women) came saying that They (The Certain Women) had also SEEN A VISION of Angels who SAID He (Jesus Christ) WAS ALIVE.  And Certain of Those (Jesus Christ’s Disciples, Peter and John) who were WITH Us (Two of Jesus Christ’s Disciples) went to The Tomb and found it just as The Women had said; BUT Him (Jesus Christ) They (Peter and John) did NOT SEE.”

Then He (Jesus Christ) SAID to Them (Two of Jesus Christ’s Disciples), “O Foolish Ones, and Slow of Heart TO BELIEVE IN ALL that The Prophets have SPOKEN!  Ought NOT The Christ (Jesus Christ) to have SUFFERED These Things and TO ENTER INTO His (Jesus Christ’s) GLORY?”  And beginning at Moses and All The Prophets, He (Jesus Christ) EXPOUNDED TO Them (Moses and All The Prophets) in All The Scriptures, The Things CONCERNING Himself (Jesus Christ).

Luke 24:28-35, 44-48

Then They (Two of Jesus Christ’s Disciples) DREW NEAR to The Village (Emmaus) where They (Two of Jesus Christ’s Disciples) were going, and He (Jesus Christ) INDICATED that He (Jesus Christ) would have GONE FARTHER.  BUT They (Two of Jesus Christ’s Disciples) CONSTRAINED Him (Jesus Christ), saying, “ABIDE with Us (Two of Jesus Christ’s Disciples), for it is toward Evening, and The DAY is far spent.”  And He (Jesus Christ) WENT IN TO STAY with Them (Two of Jesus Christ’s Disciples).  Now it Came To Pass, as He (Jesus Christ) SAT AT The TABLE with Them (Two of Jesus Christ’s Disciples), that He (Jesus Christ) TOOK BREAD, BLESSED and BROKE IT (The Bread), and GAVE IT (The Bread) to Them (Two of Jesus Christ’s Disciples).  THEN Their (Two of Jesus Christ’s Disciples) Eyes WERE OPENED and They (Two of Jesus Christ’s Disciples) KNEW Him (Jesus Christ); and He (Jesus Christ) VANISHED from Their (Two of Jesus Christ’s Disciples) Sight.

And They (Two of Jesus Christ’s Disciples) said to One Another, “Did NOT Our (Two of Jesus Christ’s Disciples) Heart BURN WITHIN Us (Two of Jesus Christ’s Disciples), while He (Jesus Christ) TALKED with Us (Two of Jesus Christ’s Disciples) on The Road (to Emmaus), and while He (Jesus Christ) OPENED The Scriptures to Us (Two of Jesus Christ’s Disciples)?”  So, They (Two of Jesus Christ’s Disciples) ROSE UP that Very Hour and returned to Jerusalem, and found The Eleven (Jesus Christ’s Disciples) and Those who were with Them (Jesus Christ’s Disciples) gathered together, saying, “The LORD (Jesus Christ) IS RISEN indeed, and has APPEARED TO Simon (Peter)!”  And They (Two of Jesus Christ’s Disciples) TOLD about The Things that had happened on The Road (to Emmaus), and HOW He (Jesus Christ) WAS KNOWN TO Them (Two of Jesus Christ’s Disciples) IN The BREAKING of BREAD.

Then He (Jesus Christ) SAID to Them (Jesus Christ’s Disciples), “THESE ARE THE WORDS, which I (Jesus Christ) SPOKE to YOU (Jesus Christ’s Disciples) while I (Jesus Christ) was STILL WITH YOU (Jesus Christ’s Disciples), that All Things MUST BE FULFILLED, which were WRITTEN IN The Law of Moses AND The Prophets AND The Psalms (The Holy Bible) CONCERNING Me (Jesus Christ).”  And He (Jesus Christ) OPENED Their (Jesus Christ’s Disciples) UNDERSTANDING, that They (Jesus Christ’s Disciples) MIGHT COMPREHEND The Scriptures (The Holy Bible).  Then He (Jesus Christ) SAID to Them (Jesus Christ’s Disciples), “Thus IT IS WRITTEN, and thus it was NECESSARY for The Christ (Jesus Christ) TO SUFFER and TO RISE from The Dead The THIRD DAY, and that Repentance and Remission of sins should BE PREACHED IN His (Jesus Christ’s) Name to All Nations, beginning at Jerusalem.  And YOU (Believers) ARE WITNESSES of These Things.

Fellow Believers, These Two Disciples of Jesus Christ of which ONLY Cleopas is mentioned by name, have a unique perspective on This Day (The Third Day AFTER Jesus Christ’s Crucifixion and Burial), The Day of Jesus Christ’s Resurrection.  They LEFT Jerusalem distraught that Their Hopes and Dreams for what They “believed” Jesus Christ was going to do, died with Him (Jesus Christ).  Notice They state Jesus WAS A Prophet, and that They were HOPING He (Jesus Christ) WAS going to Redeem Israel.  Now, They also note that it’s The Third Day AFTER His (Jesus Christ’s) Death and Burial, and even though The Women TOLD Them Jesus Christ IS RISEN, They FAIL to believe it.  Now, it’s ONLY AFTER Jesus Christ OPENED Their Eyes to The Scriptures (The Holy Bible) and to The Realization of Who He (Jesus Christ) IS, do They finally understand, and They turn around and head back to Jerusalem.

Fellow Believers, YOU have acknowledged GOD Almighty’s Amazing Saving Grace and YOU have accepted GOD Almighty’s FREE GIFT of Salvation, BUT has Jesus Christ OPENED Your (Believers) UNDERSTANDING that YOU (Believers) MIGHT COMPREHEND The Scriptures (The Holy Bible)?  I mean really, truly, understand what GOD Almighty wants YOU (Believers) to Read, to Know, to Study, to Understand, and to Share with others.  Do YOU (Believers) Truly BELIEVE that every single word in The Holy Bible IS The Absolute TRUTH?  Do YOU (Believers) Truly BELIEVE Jesus Christ IS ALIVE, Right NOW?  Do YOU (Believers) Truly BELIEVE Jesus Christ will KEEP His WORD and Return for Us (Believers)?

IF YOU (Believers) have never studied or it’s been awhile since YOU (Believers) have studied The Holy Bible, may I suggest YOU (Believers) OPEN Your (Believers) Bible and start reading.  GOD Almighty Will SPEAK to YOU (Believers) not ONLY as YOU (Believers) READ His (GOD Almighty’s) WORDS, BUT also, as YOU (Believers) read His (GOD Almighty’s) WORDS, GOD Almighty Will SPEAK to Your (Believers) Heart.  Jesus Christ will OPEN Your (Believers) UNDERSTANDING that YOU (Believers) MIGHT COMPREHEND The Scriptures (The Holy Bible) and when He (Jesus Christ) DOES Your (Believers) Life will BE CHANGED, Forever.

EVERYTHING IN GOD Almighty’s WORD, The Holy Bible, IS The Absolute TRUTH!  And Every Single WORD of The Holy Bible Will BE FULFILLED!  ALL of GOD Almighty’s Prophets SPOKE About The Things GOD Almighty WANTS Us (Believers) to KNOW and UNDERSTAND!  And All Things Will COME TO PASS, in order to FULFILL GOD Almighty’s Ultimate Plan!  The Question for each of Us (Believers) IS THIS, Will We (Believers) BE SAD as This World Falls Apart OR Will We (Believers) REJOICE as We (Believers)Witness Bible Prophecy Being FULFILLED, REVEALING for Us (Believers) that Our (Believers) Redemption Draws NEAR?

We (Believers) Should REJOICE, because This World IS NOT Our (Believers) Home!  We (Believers) Should REJOICE, because “The Being Caught Up Together” IS On Our (Believers) Horizon!  We Should REJOICE, because We (Believers) KNOW, We (Believers) Will BE IN GOD Almighty’s Immediate Presence WITH Jesus Christ, The Holy Spirit, GOD Almighty’s Holy Angels, and All The Rest of The Children (Believers) of GOD Almighty, for Eternity, Forever.  Amen.

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